The first challenge was to transform an old gloomy floor into a bright house. The change of distribution and the new orientation of the common areas that now cross the entire floor, allows light to cross from one end to the other.
In summary, from the client’s predetermined conventional organization, the Villarroel apartment proposes adding layers of complexity to the interior experience of the house, adding ambiguity to the classic labels of each room, as well as to the way they relate to each other, so that all this will eventually translate into greater spatial richness.
This new space, opened in September 2016, is located in the very heart of the Eixample of Barcelona, within the so-called “Bcn Design District”. The project was based on the division of space into two floors.
La Calma House is placed in a small town near Barcelona. Its plot is located in a forest area with a very steep slope and an abundance of pine, oak and olive trees. A natural park in front of the plot and the low building density of the area enhance the connection of the house with its natural surroundings.
This is a renovation of a modernist apartment of 180 m2 with a patio of 87 m2 located in the city of Barcelona. The client’s intention was to transform a classic home in Barcelona’s Eixample into a modern and contemporary family apartment.
B., R. and their only son, wanted to open up their home onto a superb terrace with magnificent urban views while welcoming us to their private family refuge recently renovated under a pleasing mixture of Scandinavian and Mediterranean style.
This early XX century patio-apartment presents the opportunity to reformulate the dwelling’s conditions, adapted to Mediterranean climate, in the urban density of Gracia’s district.
The strategy used for an energy-efficient home is to reduce its consumption by means of good covering insulation of the building and a good use of the heat gain and loss.
A whole flat rehabilitation in a old building of the Born area. It is about transforming a small, compartmentalized floor in an open airy space. The original distribution of the house disappears but the values of all the traditional elements of the housing in Born is preserved and kept: the mosaic floor, ceiling beams, the woodworks …
